03/04/09: DOA rocks China!
Hardcore pioneers DOA have cracked the Red Curtain, playing a bunch of shows in China! You can see the Asian Adventures of Joey Shithead and the gang on their Flicker page!

The band's about to head to Europe for the first time in 7 years, so get ready, European punx, for the return of the original hardcore punx!

02/23/09: Awesome AMEBIX program on KALX!KALX DJ Carnacki interviewed Amebix last month before their jaw-dropping San Francisco show. You can listen to the full 19 minute interview here!

02/18/09: Crucial Crust & Glorious Grind Sale!CRUCIAL CRUST SALE! (as well as grind, punk, and other genres). We realized what gems are buried deep in our website, so as an enticement for you thrifty punx, we put together this special 3-label sale- all full lengths are $5 and all 7-inches are $2.

02/16/09: AT closed for Profane Existence Day!
... Er, Presidents Day, sorry. Post office closed, and so are we. Orders & such will be dealt with tomorrow, Tuesday 2/17.

But before traipsing off into the internet wilds, check out some of the new & classic radical punk & crust from our friends at Profane Existence! It's all on sale until March 1st! We're adding more throughout the day, so keep checking back!

02/14/09: Happy Birthday, Blowfly!

February 14 is Blowfly's birthday. He turns 70 years old this year, but he still criss-crosses the world performing his awesome, filthy parodies. We wish him all the best, and we hope that you'll hop on over to Blowfly's MySpace page and leave him a birthday greeting comment. If you live in Miami, you can attend Blowfly's 70th Birthday show at PS14 on March 6.

Here's a segment on Blowfly that aired recently on the French TV show Tracks.

02/06/09: FUCKED UP added to Police Killing benefit Sunday!
This Sunday at 924 Gilman in Berkeley, CA is a super-special show. It's a benefit for the family of Oscar Grant, who was shot dead by a transit police officer early on 1/1/09 in front of hundreds of other passengers. Here is video & information from the Huffington Post on the incident.

Just added to the bill is Canadian punk/prog/??? band FUCKED UP, along with TWO GALLANTS & TRASH TALK!

01/30/09: Amebix rampages through the U.S.!
Amebix wraps up their very first U.S. tour EVER with shows tonight in Providence & tomorrow afternoon in Philly- if you're anywhere nearby- you cannot miss this!

They completely destroyed San Francisco's Great American Music Hall, and were joined by Jello Biafra on "Largactyl"- REEEEELAX! REEEEELAX!

We were able to corral the band before last Sunday's San Francisco show for an interview for the AT Batcast, as well as one for local college station KALX- the Batcast will be up very soon!

Here's a decent sounding youtube video of "Winter" from their Canoga Park show, & one of "Winter" from the Echoplex a day or 2 later.

America inaugurated a new President yesterday, but today we inaugurate the Alternative Tentacles Blog. Our current website lacks the bells and whistles that people have come to expect from sites like RSSable news, comments, etc. While we get our shit together for a new website, we decided to start a blog to have a place where we can post about happenings, highlights from our mailorder, and whatever else we feel like. Everyone on staff at Alternative Tentacles will be posting, and we hope to have guest posts from AT band members too!

We already have a few posts up on the blog so please take a look and what you think!

It has come to our attention that Karl Rove is collecting farewell notes to George W. Bush via e-mail, meaning Rove's lackey will screen and print out the e-mails and they will be handed to G. W. Bush who may or may not read them. (He may read your note if it has something to do with pet goats...)

We thought we'd pass on the e-mail address in case you want to send something in:

They are accepting e-mails until January 19, 6pm East Coast time.

Just make sure you keep it civil and respectful so you don't get a visit from the Secret Service.

There is a feature on Doc Corbin Dart (of the Crucifucks) in Vice magazine. The entire article is posted online. It is a great read and we highly recommend you check it out--especially if you are new to the bizarre, fantastic world of Doc Dart, now known simply as 26.

01/12/09: Get your AMEBIX tickets now!!

The Amebix US tour is coming up shortly, and we'd like to remind you all to get your tickets in advance. Like now. Because the shows will sell out, some even before the day of the show. We don't want you to be left out in the cold.

12/27/08: AT open sporadically until January 5, 2009
Hey all-
We'll be open only a couple of days a week until the new year kicks off it's 1st full week Monday January 5, 2009.
Until then, e-mails, phone calls, & mail orders will be handled sporadically. Rock on!

12/21/08: Alternative Tentacles iTunes sale begins at midnight 12/22!

The following titles will be on sale at the iTunes store starting midnight on 12/22 (Sunday night/Monday morn). The band name and album title links will take you to the respective pages on the Alternative Tentacles site. Clicking on the iTunes link will open the iTunes application (if you have it installed) and will take you to the album page at the iTunes store.

TRICLOPS!Out of Africa
$5.99
Triclops! assaults the public with the best acid punk around today. Don't let their pedigree fool you: Triclops! turns the dial down on the bellicose punk/hardcore you might expect, instead opting for meandering yet tension-filled psychedelic epics. Featuring AT veterans Larry Boothroyd of Victims Family on bass and John Geek of Fleshies on vocals; other members were in Bottles and Skulls and Lower Forty Eight.http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=273992368&s=143441

12/20/08: In which we reveal our 2008 year-end lists...

We asked our bands, friends, and staff for their 2008 year-end/top 10 lists. The year's not over yet, so we'll add to the page as more roll in. You can see everyone's lists here.

A few Alternative Tentacles titles--some new releases and some best sellers--will be on mega-discount at the iTunes store starting midnight on Monday 12/22. (That's late Sunday night, technically.) Full albums will be priced as low as $5.99! The sale pricing will be in effect between 12/22 through 1/12/2009, so you have plenty of time to take advantage. We hope you'll explore some bands and records you've been meaning to check out during the sale.